Agenda

7:00 a.m.

Registration, Breakfast and Networking

8:00 a.m.

Welcome

8:15 a.m.

Keynote Remarks

Charles Worthington, CTO, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

9:00 a.m.

Precision Medicine

The panel will bring to life the progress precision medicine is making today and will highlight the real-world discoveries in BioHealth happening in the National Capital Region. Hear how precision medicine is enabling the medical community to deliver focused healthcare in a cost-effective and accessible manner, leaving the era of shotgun medicine behind.

Digital connectedness is quickly becoming a critical part of the patient experience. Patients utilize multiple devices to monitor their health that function in a myriad of ways – from finding and researching clinicians, scheduling appointments, asking providers questions, obtaining lab results, comparing drug prices, and more. To be responsive in this rapidly-evolving marketplace, health providers, payers and federal and state governments are making increased digital investments. Hear from panelists from the health industry as they share their priorities for enhancing the patient experience.
Panelists:
Jon Booth, Director, Web and New Media Group, Office of Communication, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)Shirley McElhatton, Director of Patient Service Excellence, MedStar Georgetown University HospitalKim Radefeld, Director, Consulting, CGIRaymond Sczudlo, General Counsel, b.well

Innovative companies from the region’s health technology sector will present five-minute flash briefings highlighting groundbreaking or unique innovations that could ultimately be game changers in health. Hear about the latest innovations that have the potential to impact the future of health.

Innovation experts will discuss how the Greater Washington ecosystem can catalyze and invest in innovations like those presented in the flash briefings. The dialogue will also include a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of advancing innovation, transforming innovation into implementation, and promoting growth in the regional health tech ecosystem.
Panelists:
Jose L. Arrieta, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Mike Buschmann, Chair of Bioengineering, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason UniversityDr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew, Founder, SoKat.co, and Assistant Professor, Finance, Johns Hopkins UniversityMudar Yaghi, Chairman and CEO, AppTek

Explore the wide range of use cases for blockchain in healthcare. Hear how the healthcare industry can effectively use blockchain solutions to share data – in record keeping, health monitoring and diagnosis, in research, and for payment.
Panelists:Mary Butler-Everson, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Product Innovations, PNC
Dr. Henry “Skip” Francis, Director of Data Mining and Informatics Evaluation and Research Group, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Jon White, Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services